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This is mix of distributions used by educational institutions, and distributions that are designed to be educational to install and use.
AbulEdu
http://www.abuledu.org/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/abuledu/
AbulEdu is a Mandrake-based distribution for primary schools. It is currently in French but most of the tools can be translated. An AbulEdu server can handle Mac (netatalk), Windows (samba), GNU/Linux and X terminal (with LTSP) clients. The server acts as a central gateway for Web, mail, and printing, and facilitates the management of classes, pupils, and teachers. Everybody can publish Web pages on an intranet using Apache and all administration tasks are performed using a browser. The result is that a teacher who is not a computer specialist can install and manage a school network. Stable version 1.0.7-II was released May 26, 2003.
Beyond Linux From Scratch (BLFS)
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/beyondlinuxfromscratch/
Beyond Linux From Scratch (BLFS) is a project with the aim of assisting LFS users to go beyond the base system. It contains a broad range of instrutions for installing and configuring various packages on top of a base LFS system. If you are wondering why you would want an LFS system or what one is, see the entry for LinuxFromScratch below in this list. BLFS 1.0 was released April 28, 2003 under the original BSD License. Version 6.1 (based on LFS 6.1) was released August 20, 2005. BLFS 6.2.0 was released February 14, 2007. BLFS 6.3 RC1 was released May 12, 2008.
BU Linux
http://linux.bu.edu/
Created at/for Boston University, BU Linux is based on Red Hat Linux, but specifically tailored for the BU environment. They have added security updates, made modifications to make software work better with their setup, and added some applications. BU Linux 2.5 (a.k.a Gigantic) was released August 27, 2002. Fedora-based BU Linux 4.0 (Bossanova) was released July 14, 2004. BU Linux 4.6 (Stormy) was released August 21, 2006.
College Linux
http://www.collegelinux.org/
CollegeLinux is a Debian based live CD that promises to be a fully capable PHP5, Perl and Ruby web server, pre-loaded with GEdit and Vim for editing scripts with syntax highlighting. College Linux includes tools to back up and restore your web site from a USB pen drive or from your collegelinux.org account. CollegeLinux Live Server is a Debian based live CD, first released July 13, 2006. As soon as you start, it is a fully capable PHP5, Perl and Ruby webserver, preloaded with GEdit and Vim for editing scripts with syntax highlighting.
Cross Linux From Scratch
http://cross-lfs.org/
Cross Linux From Scratch (CLFS) is a project that provides you with step-by-step instructions for building your own customized Linux system entirely from source. Building CLFS teaches you how to make a cross-compiler and the necessary tools, to build a basic system on a different architecture. For example you would be able to build a Sparc toolchain on an x86 machine, and utilize that toolchain to build a Linux system from source code. CLFS-1.0.0 "Bender" was released September 26, 2006.
Debian-Jr.
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-jr/
This is an internal project to make Debian an OS that children of all ages will want to use. Our initial focus will be on producing something for children up to age 8. Once we have accomplished this, our next target age range is 7 to 12. By the time children reach their teens, they should be comfortable with using Debian without any special modifications.
Eagle Linux
http://www.safedesksolutions.com/eaglelinux/
Eagle Linux is distributed as a how-to manual that walks the user through the steps necessary to create a customized live CD distribution. Eagle Linux can be downloaded in ISO format as well (as of version 2.2). Eagle Linux announced version 1.0 on November 2, 2002. The distribution was removed from our list in October 2004, but now it's back at version 2.3, released April 25, 2006.
EduLinux
http://www.edulinux.cl/index.php?id=1&L=1
http://www.edulinux.cl/
EduLinux is developed at the Instituto de Informática Educativa in Universidad de La Frontera university and the Chilean Educational Ministry. EduLinux is specially designed for Enlaces Educational Network computing labs. EduLinux 2006 is based on Fedora Core 4 and was released June 27, 2006.
eLearnix
http://freeloaderlinux.sourceforge.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeloaderlinux/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/elearnix/
eLearnix is a free, self contained, Linux operating system that runs from CDROM or Compact Flash card. It creates a desktop environment that will help people learn Linux. The newest version is also Wireless enabled, with a 2.6 Linux kernel, GNOME 2.4, lots of applications, and an install script to install to a dedicated hard drive or a 256MB+ Compact Flash card. Once upon a time a distribution called Embedded Freedom Linux was in the embedded section of this list; version 1 released December 15, 2002. EFL turned into FreeLoader Linux before morphing into eLearnix. eLearnix 2.6.6 was released May 16, 2004.
elpicx
http://www.elearnit.de/live_cds/elpicx/
elpicx is a live CD Linux system that will help you prepare for the exams of the Linux Professional Institute Certification Program LPIC. elpicx 1.1 Dual-Boot-DVD (based on Knoppix and CentOS) was released October 15, 2007. Supported languages are German and English.
Freeduc
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ofset
The Organization for Free Software in Education and Teaching (OFSET) has produced Freeduc, a Knoppix/Debian-based Linux system with educational software, all on one bootable CDROM. Version 1.1 of the Freeduc CD-ROM was released November 5, 2002. Freeduc-cd 1.5 was released May 15, 2005.
Karoshi
http://www.karoshi.org.uk/
Karoshi is a server operating system designed for schools. Karoshi provides a simple graphical interface that allows easy installation, setup and maintenance of your network. Karoshi is based on PCLinuxOS. Version 5.1.3 was released June 11, 2007.
kmLinux
http://www.lernnetz-sh.de/kmlinux/
kmLinux is developed by the [German] national education server Schleswig-Holstein in co-operation with the association free software and education. It's a complete Linux system for the personal computer, which can be installed easily. Web site in German. Version 5.1 was released December 7, 2004.
Linux From Scratch
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/linuxfromscratch/
Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project that provides you with the steps necessary to build your own custom Linux system using the LFS book. The web site also contains links to other resources such as mailing lists, mailing list archives, newsgroups, search engine, faq and more. Released under the original BSD License. Development version 3.2-rc2 was released February 27, 2002. Stable version 3.3 was released April 7, 2002. LFS-6.2 was released August 4, 2006. LFS LiveCD x86-6.2-2 was released August 15, 2006. LiveCD Version x86-6.2-3 was released September 10, 2006. LFS 6.3 was released August 28, 2007. LFS LiveCD 6.3 was released September 1, 2007. LFS LiveCD 6.3-r2145, for x86 and x86_64 architectures, was released December 30, 2007.
LormaLINUX
http://linux.lorma.edu/
LormaLINUX is Lorma Colleges' very own Linux Distribution that has been optimized and customized to meet the needs of educational institutions and its students. It is a full-featured Operating System specifically created for ease of installation, ease-of-use and functionality. LORMALinux 4, based on Fedora, was released December 9, 2003. LormaLinux 2005 beta 2 was released February 21, 2005. Lormalinux Web/MySQL Server Slackware Edition Beta 1 was released March 2005. Lormalinux LTSP-Server Slackware Edition Beta 2 was released April 29, 2005.
Scientific Linux
http://www.scientificlinux.org/
Scientific Linux is a free community project that rebuilds the source packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and adds a handful of enhancements. Several scientific laboratories and universities in the United States, Switerland, and other countries are involved in this project. There are some sites that have tweaked the base distribution a bit further, like CERN Linux and Fermi Linux. Scientific Linux 3.0.4 Cern - i386 and x86_64 was released February 11, 2005. SL Fermi LTS v3.0.4 was released February 22, 2005. Scientific Linux Live CD 5.0 was released for i386 and x86_64 on May 25, 2007. Scientific Linux 5.1 - i386 & x86_64 - was released January 16, 2008.. Scientific Linux 5.1 Live CD and DVD (32bit and 64bit) was released February 19, 2008.
Skolelinux
http://www.skolelinux.org/
English: http://developer.skolelinux.no/projectinfo.html.en
Skolelinux is a free software solution designed for the resources and needs of schools. It started in Norway, but it has become an international community, and is synonymous with the Debian Edu subproject. Skolelinux pr41 was released November 2, 2003. Skolelinux 1.0 (Venus) update 1 was released November 1, 2004. Debian Edu / Skolelinux 2.0 was released March 15, 2006. Etch-based Debian Edu / Skolelinux 3.0 (terra) was released July 22, 2007. The first maintenance release, v3.0r1, was released December 5, 2007. The first alpha release of a Debian-lenny version is available for testing.
Tadpole Linux
http://www.tadpolelinux.org/
Tadpole Linux is a live CD distribution aimed toward K-6 elementary school students. It is based on Gentoo and features the KDE desktop.
TrinityOS
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch/LINUX/index-linux.html#trinityos
http://freshmeat.net/projects/trinityos/
TrinityOS is a step-by-step, example-driven HOWTO on building a very functional Linux box with strong security in mind. TrinityOS is well known for its strong packet firewall ruleset, Chrooted and Split DNS (v9 and v8), secured Sendmail (8.x), Linux PPTP, Serial consoles and Reverse TELNET, DHCPd, SSHd, UPSes, system performance tuning, the automated TrinityOS-Security implementation scripts, and much more. It was at version 04/08/2003 released April 8, 2003 when added to the list. Version 03/21/04 was released March 21, 2004.
tuXlab GNU/Linux
http://www.tuxlab-os.co.za/
http://www.tuxlabs.org.za/
tuXlab GNU/Linux is a derivative of Edubuntu and Xubuntu, used in computer labs in South Africa. An initial public release is expected in early 2007.
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